Fish stringer



B. v. MQcAuL FISH STRINGER Filed Aug. 6, 1934 Attomey Patented June, 11, 1935 d UNITED .STATESy Frsn STRINGER, Benjaminv. McCaul, Fargo, Dak.` a. Application Auguste, 194, seiiaiNe, '13s,'z4s

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the hook `I3 and then the tubular member I5 is 'I'his invention relates to a device for holding sh on individual hooks on a line attached toV a boat, the general object of theinvention being to provide means whereby the hooks with the fish thereon may be placed on the line without detaching the line from the boat or other place in which it is attached and withoutdrawing the line from the lwater,v thus keeping thesh already attached to the line in the water.

I'his invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of several parts,` to @be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accom# panying drawing and specically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will behad to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or correspondingparts throughout the several views, and in which:`

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the device showing the same in a position partly lifted and ready to receive a hook-carrying rnemben` y Fig. VZfisan end View `of the body member and showing a hook-carrying Vmember in place over the same. i

Fig. 3 is a viewlooking towards the rounded fedge of the body member.

1n this drawing, the leiter A indicates the body memberwhich has one edge formed with a rounded part I and a reduced flat partZ, the rest of the body member being substantially flat as shown at 3 and having an eye-forming part 4 at one end and a projection having `a hole 5 at its other end. A chain 6 having a swivel 1 there-` in is attached to the body member'by Vhaving a link or eye passing through the perforation 5 and a snap hook 8 or the' like attached tolthe" other end of the chain soI that this end of the chain can be attached to a boat or other place to which the stringer is to be attached. A second chain 9 is connected by a swivel I0 to a link II which passes through a hole in theflat part` 2 and a ring of split construction as shown at I2 is attached to the other end of the chain though any other suitable detachable member may be Y used instead of the ring. Each fish carrying hook I3 is attached to an eye I 4 on a substantially tubular member I5 ofsplit construction, the edges of the split being turned outwardly as shown at I6; i This split is of suicient width to `pass over the.

flat part 3 whenthe tubular part is slipped over the rounded edge I, as shown in Fig. 2 whenthe hook-carrying member is tobe placed'on theV chain 9.

Thus, ii, win be seen that when e ash is te be placed on the device, the fish is rstplaced on and arrangement ofthe several slipped over the parts I vandi2 attached to the chain 9. i Before. this is done, the user grasps the member A and placesl one ringer through the eye 4 and raises the device to the position shown in Fig. 1 after which the tubular member is placed overthe parts I` and 2 onto the chain. The membei'- I5 will run down the chain until stopped by the ring :I2 and then by dropping the device, the chains Sand 9 willdepend straightfrom the boat or other support and hold the member A in an offsetposition soV that it willbe impossible for` the tubular member to` be removed until the member I2 is removed.. When another fish is to be placed on the device, the body member A is again lifted and the second tubular memberis placed overthe parts I and 2gasbef0re described.` The device should be made of non-rusting material. i i Y It is` thought from the foregoing description ythat the `advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

' It is to be understood that changes may be madein the construction and in the combination parts, `provided that such changes fall within the scope' of the Vappended claims.

I claim: a

v1. A` iishk stringer comprising a bodyfmember having alhandle part at .one end adjacent one side, `a chain connected to the other end adjacent the same side, `the edge of the other side being enlarged, a second chain connected to the lower end of the body, a tubular member Voi split con'- struction adapted to be slid over the enlargement and the second chain, means for attaching a sh `to the tubular member, `a Vdetachable stop `member atthe lower end of the second chain, and means for connectingthe rst chain to a boat or one side thereof,'a chain connected to the other` end adjacent the same side, means for attaching the `other end of the-chain to a boat or the like, i

a` curvedenlargement Vhaving a `reduced part formed at the other sideeedgeof theV body member, a second chain pivotally connected to the I-reduced part, a split tubular member adapted to be `slid over `the circular part onto lthe second chain, a hook carried by the tubular member, a detachable chain. f BENJAMINV. MCCAUL.`

stop at the lower end of thevsecondv 

